The Deadly Nature of Turbo Cancer

What You Need To Know About It.

If you've seen the term "turbo cancer" on social media, you're not alone. This frightening phrase has been making rounds across platforms, claiming that COVID vaccines cause aggressive, fast-growing cancers. But where did this term actually come from? The answer reveals how modern misinformation spreads online and why "turbo cancer" is a made-up term created by vaccine opponents to spread fear about COVID vaccines, with no basis in medical science.

Believe it or not, "turbo cancer" started as a sarcastic comment. Back in November 2020, when the Pfizer vaccine was about to get emergency approval, someone sarcastically posted online: "I can't wait for the turbo cancer." That throwaway comment would eventually become the foundation for a widespread conspiracy theory. The term bubbled around in anti-vaccine social media circles for months before exploding into mainstream awareness in 2022. By then, it had evolved from internet sarcasm into a serious-sounding medical claim despite having ze…